Tartini: Trio & Violin Sonates - CD

ENGLISH

<br><br>Giuseppe Tartini’s best-known work must be his sonata for violin ‘Devil’s trill’. Now meet the virtually unknown Tartini on this release.<br /> <br /> A violin virtuoso himself Tartini knew very well how to write effectively for his instrument also when it is part of a small ensemble. His ‘sonate a tre ’- two violins and basso continuo accompaniment – are usually forgotten when looking at Tartini’s oeuvre. Unjustly so: they are delightful and typically Baroque pieces, some of them reminiscent to Corelli’s music. But do not expect hair raising acrobatics here. <br /> <br /> Tartini wrote some 200 violin sonatas. But the opuses 2 and 6 recorded here certainly belong to the less-known part of this output. Especially the opus 2 has been quite neglected by present-day performers. Enrico Casazza performs all six of them in this set. The six sonatas opus 6 are stylistically looking ahead to a new sensibility and the classical sonata. <br /> <br /> Pleasantly flowing and energetic performances by violinist Enrico Casazza and members of his La Magnifica Comunitá.<br />